Table 3 Summary of the available literature involving use of radiofrequency thermal ablation for the treatment of extra- and intra-articular or intra-capsular osteoid osteoma, modified and updated from Lindquester et al. [16]
|
Study (year) |
Sample size (intra-articular OO) | Average age of the patients (years) |
Average duration of symptoms until the accurate diagnosis (months) | Symptoms |
Histopathological analysis performed (number of confirmations / number of biopsies) |
Average follow-up period (months) | Primary success rate a |
Recurrence rate (number of recurrences/ sample size) | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ghanem et al (2003) [31] |
23 (2) | 12 | 34 | intensified nocturnal pain, joint stiffness, limp |
YES (1/12) | 41 |
91.3% (21/23) |
8.7% (2/23) |
2 S—developed asymmetry of joint range of motionb 1 m—transient muscle atrophy |
|
Papagelopoulos et al (2006) [44] |
16 (16) | 27 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NO | 30 |
100% (16/16) |
0% (0/16) |
5 m—transient pain 1 m—transient paraesthesia |
|
Peyser et al (2007) [32] |
51 (7) | 20 | 11 | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) |
YES (15/32) | 24 |
98.0% (50/51) |
2.0% (1/51) | 1 S—wound infection |
|
Peyser et al (2009) [45] |
22 (5) | 13 | 12 | pain |
YES (8/12) | 39 |
95.5% (21/22) |
4.5% (1/22) |
1 S—subtalar joint degenerative changes 1 m—superficial infection |
|
Akhlaghpoor et al (2010) [46] |
21 (6) | 19 | 43 | persistent pain partially relieved by NSAIDs | NO | 28 |
100% (21/21) |
0% (0/21) | 1 m—skin burn |
|
Mylona et al (2010) [19] |
23 (7) | 28 | 19 | intensified nocturnal pain | NO | 12 |
91.3% (21/23) |
0% (0/23) | NO |
|
Al-Omari et al (2012) [47] |
30 (2) | 15 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 30 |
93.3% (28/30) |
3.3% (1/30) | 2 m—skin burn |
|
Rimondi et al (2012) [48] |
557 (65) | 21 | ~ 6 c | persistent pain partially relieved by NSAIDs |
YES (95/557) | 42 |
95.7% (533/557) |
4.3% (24/557) |
2 S—maximum procedure temperature was not achieved 1 m—thrombophlebitis 1 m—skin burn 1 m—broken electrode |
|
Albisinni et al (2014) [4] |
27 (27) | 30 | 30 | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) |
YES (9/27) | 67 |
96.3% (26/27) |
3.7% (1/27) | NO |
|
Cheng et al (2014) [49] |
66 (14) | 19 | NR | NR | NR | 53 |
92.1% (58/63)d |
7.6% (5/63)d | 1 S—wound infection |
|
Garge et al (2017) [50] |
30 (4) | 13 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) |
YES (10/18) | NR |
96.7% (29/30) |
0% (0/30) | 1 m—transient interosseous nerve damage following OO ablation of the radial head |
|
Hage et al (2018) [51] |
92 (3) | 18 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 93 |
91.3% (84/92) |
6.5% (6/92) |
1 S – surgically treated abscess 1 S—pulmonary oedema |
|
Esteban Cuesta et al (2018) [28] |
207 (13) | 22 | NR | characteristic pain | NR | 12 |
98.1% (203/207) |
1.9% (4/207) | 3 S—technique failures |
|
May et al (2019) [29] |
43 (26) | 12 | ~ 6 e | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs), limp |
YES (43/84) | 12 |
92.7% (38/41) | NR |
1 S – deep tissue infection 1 S – pathological fracture 1 m – transient paraesthesia |
|
Baal et al (2019) [30] |
71 (1) | 16 | NR | intensified nocturnal pain (relieved by NSAIDs) | NR | 27 |
85.9% (61/71) |
14.1% (10/71) | NO |